List of South Carolina state parks

South Carolina
State Park Service
Agency overview

Formed	1933
Headquarters	1205 Pendleton Street Columbia, SC 29201
Annual budget	$120 million (2008)^[1]
Agency executive	Phil Gaines, State Park Director
Parent agency	S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism
Website	http://www.southcarolinaparks.com

The State of South Carolina has a group of protected areas managed by the South Carolina State Park Service (often abbreviated to Park Service). Formed in 1933 in conjunction with the formalization of the federal Civilian Conservation Corps program, the State Park Service is administered by the state's Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism (SCPRT). There are a total of 47 facilities that the State Park Service administers, protecting nearly 80,000 acres of sensitive, attractive, and/or historically significant lands in South Carolina.^[2] The facilities fall under four types of classifications:

30 State Parks
15 State Historic Sites
one (1) State Resort Park
one (1) State Recreational Area

Cheraw State Park was the first park to be proposed within the system in 1934 with Myrtle Beach State Park becoming the first park to open in 1936.^[3] Within six years, the State of South Carolina and the CCC opened 17 state parks.^[4] Originally under the jurisdiction of the South Carolina Forestry Commission, the Park Service has been a unit within the Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism since its formation in 1967. Hunting Island State Park in Beaufort County is the most popular state park in South Carolina and among the most popular in the United States, attracting 1.2 million visitors per year.

List of facilities

The following is a list of all State Park Service facilities:

References

↑ http://www.census.gov/govs/state/0841scst.html SC Government Finances
↑ http://www.scprt.com/state-park-service/parkservicehistory/parkservicehistory1967.aspx Park Service History 1967-Present
↑ http://www.scprt.com/state-park-service/parkservicehistory/parkservicehistory1933.aspx Park Service History 1933-1942
↑ http://www.scprt.com/files/SC%20Media%20Room/2009%20Press%20Kit/South%20Carolina%20Facts.pdf South Carolina Facts

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State of South Carolina

Columbia (capital)

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Upstate	Caesars Head Croft Devils Fork Jones Gap Keowee-Toxaway Kings Mountain Lake Hartwell Musgrove Mill Oconee Oconee Station Paris Mountain Rose Hill Plantation Sadlers Creek Table Rock

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Coastal	Charles Towne Landing Colleton Colonial Dorchester Edisto Beach Givhans Ferry Hampton Plantation Huntington Beach Hunting Island Lake Warren Little Pee Dee Myrtle Beach Woods Bay

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